MiX Insight Agility^TM

How One Dashboard Can Help Manage All Mobile Assets

Measuring to improve is something every manager should be doing, but without an intuitive fleet management dashboard, it is virtually impossible. The decisions you make are only as good as the information you have to base them on. With MiX Insight Agility, you get access to customizable reports to help you optimize your fleet operations, all accessible through one convenient dashboard.

Benefits of Using One Single Telematics Dashboard

You’ve got a lot on your plate, and because of this, you may not have the time or the resources to monitor all your vehicles on a continual basis. When all your information can be accessed through one telematics dashboard, you get 360-degree insight.

MiX Insight Agility gives you a host of tools that can help you develop a fleet management strategy that improves operational efficiencies and has a positive effect on your bottom line. You get telematics reports that help you visualize data and real-time information that can help you make decisions about issues as they arise.

With one single telematics dashboard, you get:

• Real-Time Vehicle Location—you can easily coordinate crews and dispatch them to a job site and monitor their progress along the way. This gives you a holistic view of fleet issues and job status.
• Real-Time Vehicle Tracking—when you can see your entire fleet on one dashboard, you can make sure you are sending vehicles to the jobs closest to them.
• Hours of Service Accuracy–set up hours of service tracking to manage driving hours and keep trip scheduling within legal HOS limits.
• Improve Driver Behavior—you can measure driver performance, set up real-time alerts, and implement driver training programs.
• Identify Assets You No Longer Need—when you have all your assets tracked, you can see which ones are no longer being used and determine if you should sell them.

With easy access to your fleet information, you can track movable and fixed assets from anywhere.

Benefits of Fleet Monitoring and Reporting

Telematics reports can be reviewed through the fleet management dashboard using a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Once you get the information, you can generate comprehensive diagnostic reports. You can review the data by driver, vehicle, or your entire fleet. In addition, you can print hard copies or email copies to your team.

These are several areas that can benefit from monitoring and reporting:

• Vehicle Tracking–by giving you more insight into your driver’s behavior, reporting can help you set up training programs that reduce driver distraction and moving violations and improve fleet safety. Accidents of any kind are a huge safety risk. They also affect fleet efficiency and can incur unnecessary costs due to repairs and possible insurance claims.
• Fuel Efficiency–fuel is a significant expense for your fleet, so monitoring fuel usage through detailed reports helps you improve the overall fuel efficiency of your fleet and, in turn, lower your fuel costs. You get an in-depth look at how and where fuel is being used or misused. You can identify driving patterns such as speeding, excessive idling, and harsh braking, leading to wasted fuel. And with alerts and reports that identify unauthorized or unnecessary fuel use, you can develop a strategy to address these concerns.
• Maintenance and Repairs–your vehicles are what make your fleet operation run, literally. With telematics engine diagnostics, you can monitor the health and performance of your fleet vehicles with alerts, inspection reports, and data that identifies potential risks. You can use this information to prevent unexpected breakdowns, lower maintenance expenses, and lengthen the life of your fleet vehicles. With accurate diagnostics reports, you get data about your fleet that helps you schedule preventative maintenance that saves you money on proactive repair and less unexpected downtime.
• Utilization Reports–monitoring your feel asset utilization helps you measure how efficiently your fleet is operating. You’ll know if driving hours aren’t allocated, duration of stops, how many stops are made en-route, empty or underutilized miles, arrival and departure times, and more. All this information lets you see if your fleet assets are being used to their full capacity at the most optimal times.

Telematics reports can give you the information you need to improve efficiencies and optimize your fleet operations. You’ll get insight into what is working and what is not and be able to find ways to improve.

Is It Time for Telematics for Your Fleet?

If you have considered using a telematics solution, but haven’t yet done so, there could be many reasons why. Maybe you are worried about disrupting fleet operations or haven’t decided which option to go with. Or maybe you’re just not sure if it’s time to use telematics for your fleet.

The industry is becoming increasingly competitive, and companies looking for solutions to better manage their fleers are looking to telematics systems. They need solutions that provide a range of services to meet workplace safety and health requirements while also reducing overhead and improving operational efficiency. And increasingly, fleet managers are looking for telematics solutions that help them identify opportunities for change and track improvements.

The way fleet management works tomorrow will be very different than the way it works today. Digital technologies from data analytics to smartphones to telematics and the internet of things (IoT) are changing almost every aspect of how every business is managed and run.

With the adoption of telematics becoming more wide-spread every year, telematics solutions for fleet management are fast becoming an essential component of the trucking and transportation business. The worldwide market for telematics software, hardware, and service is expected to reach $75 billion by 2025. As the market continues to grow and the technology continues to improve, there’s never been a better time to adopt telematics for your fleet’s management.

Companies who are late to adopt these technologies may find that they are struggling to keep up with their competitors. By implementing advanced technologies such as telematics and embracing change, forward-looking companies will stay one step ahead of their competition.